RS Ranch

If you’ve never ridden a gaited horse, you’re in for a treat. The fox trotter horses are smooth, quick and sure-footed to handle the hilly, rocky outlaw trails of the Ozarks in style. Guests get to stay in a spacious cabin and don't have to walk far to saddle up—because your ride begins at your cabin door. So once you know where you’re goin’ just climb in the saddle and stay on the trail ’til you get there. There's a wide variety of other activities available like a horse-drawn hayride, stagecoach rides, a float trip, a cave tour or a tour of a local winery. And when you want more excitement than the calm of the ranch, you can always head into the nearby towns for movie theaters, music halls (bluegrass and country music) and local watering-hole pubs. 

Your Vacayou option includes: 

• Accommodations in a 2-bedroom log cabin equipped with full kitchen and views of the lake from your porch
• 5 guided horseback riding days
• 1 night of Blue Grass live music
• 1 horse-drawn hayride
• Loads of trail riding options plus roping lessons, horse-drawn hayrides or sleigh rides in the winter

When you aren't riding, you can choose to just sit back and relax in the hot tub or a rocking chair on the front porch with a beverage, or keep active and go fishing, hiking or bird watching. Nearby in the summer, the cool and refreshing waters of the Upper Meramec River provide great swimming holes and cool serenity among the scenic background of gravel bars, sand bars and towering bluffs. Canoeing, kayaking or rafting down the river is easily available. If you like star gazing or moonlight activities by campfire, there's a BBQ grill, fire pit and wood to make a marshmallow roasting fire. There's also stagecoach rides, a tour of the cattle pastures and a tour of a local historic cemetery dating back to 1869. Onondaga Cave in Leasburg is also just a 20-minute drive from the ranch.